Equivalence of Forms
Every quadratic form q in n variables over a field of characteristic not equal to 2 is equivalent to a diagonal form
Such a diagonal form is often denoted by .
Classification of all quadratic forms up to equivalence can thus be reduced to the case of diagonal forms.
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